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Obituaries (12-16-1999)

Henry Brendengen, Lifelong Proctor resident and businessman Henry Brendengen died Sat., Dec. 11, 1999 in a Duluth hospital. He was 83.

He was born in Duluth. Henry served in the Civilian Conservation Corps and was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was owner and operator of Brendengen Sales and Service in Proctor for 33 years until he retired. Henry married Doris Mae Ross on March 2, 1942, in Duluth. He was a lifetime member of Proctor Moose Lodge 1302, a 50-year member of Proctor American Legion Post 106, Euclid Lodge 186 A.F. & A.M., Scottish Rite Bodies Valley of Duluth and Aad Temple Shrine and its Chanters. He was a former member of Forbes United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Doris in 1989, and sons James in 1952 and Michael in 1969.

He is survived by sons George S. and Richard D. of Proctor and sisters Margaret Redgeford of Anoma, Colo. and Irene Brendengen of Duluth.

Military honors were accorded by the Duluth VFW Combined Honor Guard. Inurnment was in Sunrise Memorial Park. Arrangements were made by Bell Brothers Funeral Directors.

Stanley W. Jugasek, Stanley W. Jugasek, who was born Dec. 7, 1912 in Proctor to John and Eleanora Rogaska Jugasek, died Tues., Dec. 14, 1999, in Nopeming Nursing Home.

He had lived in Proctor for many years and in West Duluth for 45 years. Stan was an employee of the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway, working in the Car Dept. for 41 years, retiring in 1973. He attended Proctor Schools and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Red Star Division, 6th Cavalry Reconnaissance. He was activated for 306 days and served in the Solomon Islands and Luzon, Philippine Islands. Stan married Edna M. Richards on Sept. 3, 1948 in Duluth.

He was a member of St. James Catholic Church, Proctor Moose Lodge No. 1302, West Duluth American Legion Post No. 71 and Duprey-Alexander VFW Post No. 137. He bowled for many years in various Duluth bowling leagues and was an avid fisherman.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Edna in 1978 and brothers Bill in 1993, Joe in 1994 and Leo in 1998.

Survivors include sisters Helen (Frank) Nosek of Fredonia, NY and Eleanor (Louis) Brassard of Proctor, brother Frank Jugasek of Proctor, and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 10 until the 11 a.m. funeral mass Thursday in St. James Catholic Church. Rev. Fr. Charles Flynn will officiate. Burial will be in Oneota Cemetery with military honors accorded by the Duluth VFW Combined Honor Guard. Arrangements made by Bell Brothers Funeral Directors.

Sieg Rewald , Services will be held for Sieg Rewald who died Sun., Dec. 12, 1999 in his Almac Drive home. He was 59.

The Proctor resident was born in Golub-Novagrad, Poland, to Leo Robert and Alina (Jankowski) Rewald. He came to the United States in June 1958, settling in Woodworth, N.D. He graduated from North Dakota State University-Fargo, School of Pharmacy in 1963. He moved to Proctor in 1966 and married Margaret “Peggy” McGovern on July 15, 1967, in St. Rose Catholic Church. He worked as a pharmacist for 15 years with the Target Store, Duluth, until joining the Hospital Corp. of America in McAllan, Texas from 1981 to 1991.

He was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church and a former member of the Proctor Moose Lodge 1302.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter Teresa in 1994 and grandsons Michael in 1991 and Anthony in 1996.

He is survived by his wife Peggy, sons Kris (Elizabeth “Betsy”) of Urbandale, Iowa and David of New Richmond, Wis. and Duluth, daughters Pamela Rewald (Brent Bordson) of Maplewood, Minn. and Patricia (Ron) Jauhola of Duluth, brothers Waldemar (Michelle) of Eagen, Minn. and Alfred (Loretta) of Champlin, Minn. and a grandson Matthew Rewald of Duluth.

Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Thursday with wake prayers at 5 p.m. and rosary at 6:30 p.m. in Bell Brothers Chapel, 601 N. 56th Ave. W. Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Rose Catholic Church, Proctor. Burial will be in Oneota Cemetery.

Arrangements made by Bell Brothers Funeral Directors.

Jennie L. Olsen., Services were held earlier this week for long time Pike Lake resident Jennie L. Olsen. She died Fri., Dec. 10, 1999 in a Duluth hospital. She was 91.

She was born in Duluth and moved to Pike Lake in 1936. Jennie was a full-time homemaker and mother of two children. She was a member of First Lutheran Church and its Leah Circle. During construction of First Lutheran, she was a volunteer worker at the Builders Inn Restaurant, raising funds for the building of the church. She was also a member of the Pike Lake Association. Jennie enjoyed taking trips on the ore boats with her husband Albert, who was a Great Lakes captain.

She is survived by sons Richard (June) Olsen and Guy (Fern) Olsen, both of Pike Lake, granddaughters Cheryl (Robert) Ekstrand, Debra (Frank) Messina, Patty (Erik) Pedersen and Pauline Olsen, great-grandchildren Kaitlyn, Michael, Nicky and Jeffery, and several nieces and nephews.

Interment was in Sunrise Memorial Park.

 

 


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